National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Needles Found In Food At Stores

A supermarket chain pulled soup cans from the shelves after a family reported finding a sewing needle in a sealed can of minestrone, officials said. The incident was the fourth report of needles or pins found in food bought from stores in the Bethlehem area in the past two weeks. The soup, Progresso Vegetable Classics Minestrone, was bought Saturday at a Giant Food Store in Wind Gap. The police said it did not appear that the can was tampered with while at the store. Last week, at another Giant store near Bethlehem, a man reported finding a rusty sewing needle in a loaf of bread. Two other incidents were at a King's Supermarket in Bethlehem, in which customers and employees reported finding pins in an onion, packages of ground beef and a ham.

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